jerrycan 
The jerrycan is not only a flavourful, setting appropriate way to store reagents, it offers several design benefits due to its unique combination of high roundstart capacity and bulky size.
It prevents one coworker from hogging a shared reagent container.
The high volume eases grinding and mixing without enabling big grenade creation.
It allows reagents to be stolen or borrowed due to being stored outside the safety of an inventory.
The highly visible inhand sprite allows you to see who is holding or transporting reagents.
The smart cap flag allows you to throw the container without spilling.
It reduces the tedium associated with dispensing and throwing away botany nutrient bottles, encouraging refilling.
Bulky size prevent players from looting the can unless it is something they really want.
Comes with a large number of visual customization options for coders who with to add new variants.
Vars | |
| cap_type | Different cap colours. |
|---|---|
| highlight_strenght | You can use this var to tone down the strength of the highlight for less shiny types of plastic. |
| label_type | If we want the can to have a label. Use the defines at the top, add new ones if you add new labels. |
Var Details
cap_type
Different cap colours.
highlight_strenght
You can use this var to tone down the strength of the highlight for less shiny types of plastic.
label_type
If we want the can to have a label. Use the defines at the top, add new ones if you add new labels.
WARNING: How good any particular label looks is highly dependent on the colour of the reagent in the can.
Exercise good judgement and choose a label with enough contrast for the intended contents.